revival
[riˈβ̞ajβ̞al]
The verdict
“revival” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #46,187 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #46,187
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Obra que continúa una saga muy vieja, con los mismos personajes y retomando desde el punto en el que se había terminado la saga.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | revival |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [riˈβ̞ajβ̞al] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #46,187 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “revival” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for revival is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [riˈβ̞ajβ̞al]. Corpus data places it at rank #46,187 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Obra que continúa una saga muy vieja, con los mismos personajes y retomando desde el punto en el que se había terminado la saga.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for revival, with forms such as "ervival", "rebibal", and "reivval". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Rival", "revive", "revivir", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is revival, spelled R-E-V-I-V-A-L.
Definition
- 1Obra que continúa una saga muy vieja, con los mismos personajes y retomando desde el punto en el que se había terminado la saga.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ervival,rebibal,reivval,reviavl,revivall,revivla,revivval,revvial,revvival,rrevival,rveival
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of revival - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “revival”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-E-V-I-V-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [riˈβ̞ajβ̞al] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Rival” - see the side-by-side comparison. revival vs Rival
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.